Postby mrhoeivo » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:02 am
It turns out there aren't many real English words that start with the letters 'ix'
From Google:
Definitions of ixodid on the Web:
* hard tick: ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* Tick is the common name for the small arachnids in superfamily Ixodoidea that, along with other mites, constitute the Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodid
* Any of various ticks of the family Ixodidae
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ixodid
Definitions of ixora on the Web:
* Ixora is a genus from the family Rubiaceae, consisting of tropical evergreens and shrubs. Though native to tropical areas in Asia, especially ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora